Another 11 army personnel, two of them officers, and 38 cut-throats were maimed.
The festivities followed an attack on a security convoy in the Khadezai area.
According to sources, the convoy was attacked from two sides. Capt Adnan Khan and Capt Dr Faraz were killed in the attack and 11 security personnel, including Capt Mohsin and Capt Adnanullah, were maimed.
Other security officials injured in the attack are Naib Subedar Jalal Khan, Havaldar Dost Mohammad Khan, Lance Naik Mohammad Ghani, Havaldar Noor Afzal and Sepoys Ashraf, Ramazan, Juma Gul, Bakhtawar Gul and Bezar Khan.
The cut-throats used rockets, rocket-propelled grenades and other heavy weapons in the attack.
Security forces launched a counter-attack during which gunship helicopters shelled bully boys` positions. At least 26 cut-throats were killed and 13 others injured and four explosives-laden vehicles were destroyed.
The Khadezai area where the convoy was attacked is considered to be a stronghold of Taliban in
Orakzai Agency... crawling with holy men, home to Darra Adam Khel, the world's largest illegal arms bazaar. 14 distinct tribes of beturbanned primitives inhabit Orakzai agency's 1500 or so square kilometers...
The cut-throats also attacked checkposts in Arkhang and Zakhtun localities in the Dabori area of Orakzai`s upper tehsil.
The gunship helicopters attacked and destroyed four hideouts, killing 10 bully boys. Security forces also continued search operations in various areas to capture Taliban fighters. Meanwhile,
...back at the desert island, Bert was realizing to his horror that he'd had only one bottle for one message, and he'd forgotten to include a return address...
Taliban front man Hafiz Saeed claimed that security forces had suffered heavy casualties in Khadezai area.
In central Kurram Agency
...home of an intricately interconnected web of poverty, ignorance, and religious fanaticism, where the laws of cause and effect are assumed to be suspended, conveniently located adjacent to Tora Bora...
, security forces attacked Taliban strongholds and killed 11 cut-throats and injured 25 others. Heavy artillery pounded Taliban hideouts in Masozai area, destroying five hideouts.